Video: A week at the Aussie Road Nationals

For Australian cycling fans, January is just about the biggest month of the year. July is obviously huge due to the Tour de France, but if it’s great local racing you’re after, then you can’t go past the Aussie summer of cycling.

It all started on January 1 with the Bay Crits and continued last week with the Australian Road National Championships.

There are so many great rides around Ballarat, not least the Nationals road race circuit itself which is 10.2km long and includes the first part of the climb up Mt. Buninyong.

While I was in Ballarat I thought I’d try something a little different for the blog. Instead of just taking photos and writing about the week, I put together a bit of a video diary showing what I got up to over the weekend.

I’m keen to know what you think — is this the sort of thing you’d like to see more of? I’m heading over to cover Tour Down Under next weekend and can try to provide a behind the scenes perspective from there if it’s of interest … Let me know!

Here’s the video:

And see below for a few little snaps I took along the way. Thanks for reading (and watching!)

Jesse Kerrison (right), Australia’s new U23 men’s crit champion.

Sophie Mackay, a surprise winner in the elite women’s criterium.

Caleb Ewan, a not-so-surprise winner in the men’s criterium.

The Scotson brothers, Miles (left; second) and Callum (right; first) after the U23 time trial.